The UK’s biggest wedding show is scheduled to take place in Scotland from 10am through until 6pm on 20th and 21st September.

The event will beheld at Glasgow’s SECC and will feature exhibits and provide a platform for more than 300 Scottish key wedding purveyors to showcase their products.

Fashions shows at the event will include bridal collections and ideas for outfits for the Mother of the Bride and Bridesmaids in addition to attire for Grooms,

Enthusiastic brides looking for inspiration for their wedding attire will be treated to fabulous catwalk shows featuring the most extensive assortment of wedding dresses in Scotland.

Style ideas will include simple 1950’s prom type dresses as favoured by Coleen McLoughlin during her recent marriage to Manchester United Striker Wayne Rooney and empire lined wedding gowns similar to the one worn by actress Jennifer Garner at her wedding to Hollywood star Ben Affleck.

As well as designer and high street wedding attire, an amazing array of wedding related products and services will be on display featuring everything from wedding favours, photography and stationary, to jewellery, beauty ideas and wedding cakes.

For tickets to the event visit www.thescottishweddingshow.com
Tickets are priced at £9 in advance (available until 5pm on 18th September) or £11 on the door.

When 38 year old Recruitment Consultant Natalie O’Neill from Edinburgh agreed to marry her Kosovan fiancé she had no idea of the attention that the couples’ nuptials would command.

The bride and her 37 year old groom Al Sylejmani made the decision to hold their wedding ceremony in the grooms native Kosovo. Bu the modest, low key affair was transformed into a public celebration when Kosovo publicly announced its freedom and independence 72 hours before the couple were due to wed.

This momentous decision made the pair the very first to marry in the former Yugoslavian new state. As result the couple became overnight media personalities and the entire nation united together to celebrate their matrimony.

The bride said of the event:-

“It was luck and coincidence but we ended up at the centre of things and everyone was making such a fuss over us. Our wedding certificate was the first to feature the Kosovan flag. It was one of the things that brought home to the Kosovans that they had finally achieved independence.

People followed us into the town hall where we got married and filmed us as our ceremony took place. The paparazzi were snapping away at us. I felt like Britney Spears! The TV and newspapers couldn’t get enough of us. We were even on the evening news. People were coming up to us for days afterwards and saying they recognised us. It was amazing.”

Al and Natalie went on to hold a second ceremony at Fingask Castle in Perthshire, providing members of the groom’s family with the opportunity to travel beyond Kosovo for the very first time.

A newly married bride and groom decided against the use of a traditional wedding car from a car contract hire firm for their nuptials and chose instead to use a seven and a half tonne truck!

The pair from Castleford in West Yorkshire got married in their local Methodist church after the bride, Mandy Wright aged 46 arrived in a HGV Lorry provided by haulage company James Irlam whom the groom, 48 year old David Crawford is employed by.

After the wedding ceremony had taken place, the happy couple went on a tour of Castleford in the HGV lorry driven by the groom, before driving on to their wedding reception in a local pub.

The blushing bride said of their unusual choice of transportation:-

“It was my idea. My husband has been a lorry driver for 15 years and I thought to use a lorry for our wedding would be nice – something different and a bit special.

All the guests thought it was absolutely fantastic. Even people who weren’t coming to the wedding came down to the church to see the lorry because they couldn’t believe it.

It was fun driving around Castleford too. Everyone was waving and cheering and we were tooting our horn and waving back. It was great, we felt like royalty,”

A bride from Teesside walked smugly down the aisle recently when she bagged herself a budget busting wedding gown for the amazing price of just 5p.

Heather Saint, aged 20 was delighted when she found the perfect dress for her nuptials but was astonished when she realised that she had won it in an auction on eBay with a rock-bottom bid of 5p.

The vivacious young bride explained how she squealed with pleasure when she received the package containing the brand new dress made by a Singapore designer.

She said of the antique white lace and silk gown:-

“My dress was worth every penny. There was a £40 postage charge, but the dress itself was just five pence.”

Heather married her partner Mark, a 24 year old Librarian at their local church in the presence of their toddler Emily and family and friends. They have calculated that their entire wedding came in at a cost of just £3,500. Their reception was held at a local pub and the happy couple confirmed that they hand made the invitations for their 70 or so guests themselves

In fact, the couple’s only indulgence on their wedding day was their transportation - a white Volkswagen camper van to carry the bridesmaids to the ceremony and a classic Volkswagen Beetle complete with a boot full of champagne for themselves!

Many brides decide that they would like to conserve or save their wedding bouquets once their big day has been and gone. But is it possible to preserve a wedding bouquet effectively if it is made up of fresh flowers?

The vast numbers of brides who want to keep their wedding bouquets long term opt for silk flowers, but it is possible to take a fresh bouquet up the aisle and preserve it for years to come.

The best way to successfully preserve a wedding bouquet is the method of freeze drying. This high-tech preservation process enables you to retain the natural shapes and beautiful colours of your flowers. The end result remains incredibly true to life and can last for many years.

Specialised equipment is used to deep-freeze the bouquet to around -30c. Any water remaining in the flowers turns to water vapour and is removed by a specialised vacuum.

Once the bouquet is completely free of water it will be very slowly returned to room temperature and the flowers are then treated with a solution which prevents moisture in the air from re-penetrating them.

Although this is the most effective way of preserving your wedding bouquet it is unfortunately also the most expensive.